Summer Food Plots

I'm interested in this as well. Was thinking clover to get started in a new spot that would hopefully stay going for years to come

What sort of licks do you use?

My food plots are still going strong at this point. I'm starting to see a little bit more brown on the oats but overall I'm impressed with how well they've grown.

Summer plots, I've been told that Chicory is a good one that'll keep the deer interested. I plan to do some more research on that.

I'm trying to find the time to do a little more clearing out in the woods. I'm planning to put a few more stands up for next year and want to do the clearing before the spring gets here.

I just put out the same brown blocks for cattle. I've mixed up my own before, but I like having the blocks to stack up so they last a couple years.

Iron clay peas

2 words. Joint Vetch

My FIL. Used to plant summer plots and it use to pay off in the winter, they don't plant the summer plots anymore and they don't kill as many deer as they did when they planted the summer plots. They plant clover and put rice brand all year long. They stopped it 5 years ago. But they will start doing it again this year.

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I have done it a few times and honestly, haven't seen them do a lot of good...there is so much browse around in the spring that I just never got the usage that I wanted...

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Bingo. Planting in the spring/summer won't hurt anything but I haven't seen it help much either. There's just too much other stuff growing for them to care, unless you hunt in a colder climate.

Now a feeder is a different story. Most people quit filling them when the season ends, but nothing has greened up yet. No acorns left and very little browse, deer will be actively seeking out food. I personally think Feb is the best month to teach deer this is where the good stuff is at and get them patterning to it.

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Will be planting soybeans and cow pea's.

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I did this last year. Hope you have better luck than me, the deer murdered those beans/peas once they sprouted. Cleaned up over 8 acres of plots in a matter of two days. In my experience, in the spring/summer they either don't want it or they kill it before it has a chance to grow. Plant a ton of acreage if you want any of it to survive.

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It’s tempting to save a few bucks on clover seed buy buying from the local feed and seed stores. In one word: don’t! Much of clover sold by agricultural feed stores is designed to be baled up and fed to livestock. Long, tall clovers (like most reds) look good in the field but they contain a high percentage of stem like material (lignin) and whitetails do not digest lignin well.

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sounds like something those overpriced specialty deer plot seed companies would say.